Thursday, 10 March 2011

Question Time Quiz

After last week's 'I'm a gay, atheist, historian," edition what can we expect from the Scots?

David Dimbleby is joined in Edinburgh byMichael Moore MP,{Coalition secretary of state for Scotland. caught in the same sting that shut Vince Cable up. Tuition fee for-against-for-against supporter.}Douglas Alexander MP,{Shadow foreign secretary .."it was an SNP decision on Megrahi, not Labour..really! Why won't anyone believe us?". Got the blame for the election that never was in 2007. He was right though. Brown would have won.Annabel Goldie MSP, {Feisty leader of Conservatives in Scotland, which must be a pretty lonely job.}Patrick Harvie MSP,{Scots Green party .. civil liberty and climate change expert.} Nicola Sturgeon MSP {well known deputy SNP Salmond. Very convincing sounding, even when she's wrong.} and Nick Ferrari {London broadcaster who is travelling a long way to get booed.}.

1. Sarkozy and should there be a no fly zone?2. Pensions, final salary and the public/private civil war?3. Barnsley by election. Woes for the Libs. Will this result mean a 278 majority for Labour at the election?4. Free shares for all.Is this move a lifeline for liberals to claw back some votes.5. Old Firm game policing and sectarian violence?

24 comments:

1) Prince Andrew - sassenach plonker or what?2) Don't be vague, lay off Hague (double-meaning intended)...3) ... blurring into Libya / no-fly zone / why-oh-why don't we have the Ark Royal steaming into futility etc: with a definite helping of added Megrahi4) public service pay & pensions, special reference to Police (or Pollis as they say in those parts)

1. Police numbers. Can having less police on the beat make us all safer/

2. Asbestos claims. how can people claim for something that wasn't known about?

3.Deaths from smoking to fall 100% now all the packets are hidden from view. {This is just to set up Ferrari for a booing.Everyone else will say its a great thing and use the 'if one life is saved..' defence.

4. No fly zones. Now the USA has closed the Libyan embassy are they still necessary?

5. Pensions, salaries and lots of people using false data to support their views.

What is the point of a secretary of state for Scotland when there is a Scottish parliament with all the appropriate offices covered?

Does the panel think that a man building a villa on the sea and driving about Tripoli in a red Lamborghini is more likely to die within three months from:a - drowningb - a road accidentc - aerial bombardmentd - cancer

Does delaying the count until the next day hinder or help the Labour vote in Scotland?

Who will win the Irish dancing championships in Glasgow? Does the panel think it is cultural oppression to have the Irish hold their jig there?

Had Scotland managed to grasp its independence within Europe would it now be as bankrupt as Ireland?

1. Libya - revolution in the Arab world after John Major stated the blooming obvious today - the comment "well, you sent him back" re Megrahi - the role of 'not alone NATO'. I hope someone plugs what the UN's role should be- Ghaddafi offering £410k to anyone who shops their cousin or neighbour.

2. Cigarettes - will it stop smoking if you can't see them? "Yes, but not you, Love. The next generation." - put plain labels on whisky bottles? ...er, no.

4. Was the £50 fine for trashing the Amistice Day wreaths was too low? - cutting the Police will not help public order- if the man couldn't afford more, what do you suggest?

5. Pension schemes and the public sector- should we cut pensions to save front line services? - who is taking the brunt of this? - final salary schemes are so yesterday. Well, yes, they are for the long suffering private sector.

Just realised that the Irish dancing I've been wasting time watching entranced today is film of last year's competition, so I'll have to withdraw one of my questions. This year it's to be held in Dublin, as it should be.

OK, so I've been following events in Wisconsin and listening to Test Dept (surprisingly good warm up material for QT as it features bagpipes. And didgeridoos. Often at the same time) all day, so if I overdo the socialism, thats why and apologies all round.

1. Some mostrous catch-all question about Libya that covers NFZ, whether Hague wants to get back to the after dinner circuit and the Scots releasing al-Megrahi. A wag in the audience to suggest sending the combined might of Neil Lennon, Ally McCoist and El Hadji Diouf to sort it out as a replacement for having armed forces.

2. Why are decent hardworking taxpayers giving so much money to workshy police, teachers and nurses pension funds when we could be using the money to subsidise the lifestlyes of multimillionaire tax avoiders?

3. sectarian violence. Just down to football, society, or weegies being a bunch of eejits? Expect much uncomfortable shifting in seats and no real answers from the Scots. Arguably, the more interesting Scottish question would be on university tuition fees, or even a Lib Lab coalition in Scotland after the election, but hey...

4.Plain clothed cigarettes? What next, selling Buckfast by the glass? Get your bingo cards at the ready for nanny state, nudging, and, dare I say it, political correctness gone mad appearing for a second week in a row?

5. Is public sector employee Stephen Hester worth every penny of his £7.7m salary - and will his pension be his career average or final salary?

- 1st question - Is Prince Andrew a liability? oddly Danny distances himself. More than that. He does not agree with Chris 'hissy fit' Bryant who mounted the attack. Audience don't really agree. Finds a way to attack 'big society'.Its all grown up answers from the panel. Something |Scottish QT always delivers.

- Is Billy Hague up to the job?Poor judgement says DA. AG brings up Blair-Libya-Megrahi. {Bonus points all round!}PH keeps taking to the panel. Look at the audience Pat.. Where's your media training? MM brings up Iraq and dodgy dossier. {More bonus points}NF thinks he's no good. To much applause.

- Is Al Megrahi laughing at Kenny?SNP on the backfoot again. Still a very divisive issue. But I'm bored by it now.

- Barnsley - Lib dem meltdown. {zinger for me}MM is disappointed. Dimbey has a pop at it not being such a great Labour victory. "You could have put up a cat". NF has a good dig at the LIB Dem conference policing costs. As usual Lib campaign lies are their undoing.PS cuts are evil from the green loony.